MIDDLE EAST REVIEW GAME

WHO LED THE ISLAMIC, OR IRANIAN, REVOLUTION? a) Shah Pahlevi b) Ayatollah Khomeini c) Saddam Hussein d) Menachem Begin

b) Ayatollah Khomeini

THE PERSIAN GULF WAR BEGAN WHEN WHICH COUNTRY INVADED KUWAIT? a) Iraq b) Iran c) Saudi Arabia d) Afghanistan

a) Iraq

NAME THIS WAR: , ENDED IN STALEMATE, FOUGHT OVER RELIGION, OIL, AND TERRITORY a) Persian Gulf War b) Iraq War c) Iran-Iraq War d) Afghanistan War

c) Iran-Iraq War

WHAT DID IRANIANS DEMAND DURING THE AMERICAN HOSTAGE CRISIS? a) The Shah be returned to Iran b) Israel be given back to Palestine c) The Shah be killed d) Iraq give up control of Kuwait

a) The Shah be returned to Iran

WHAT ORGANIZATION UNITED OIL- PRODUCING COUNTRIES TO BREAK WESTERN INFLUENCE? a) OPEC b) PLO c) OTYL d) Oil League

a) OPEC

WHAT IS THE ORGANIZATION CREATED IN 1964 THAT PUSHED FOR THE FORMATION OF AN ARAB PALESTINIAN STATE? a) Palestine Liberation Organization b) Hamas c) Gaza United d) Zionist Front

a) Palestine Liberation Organization

WHO WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PLO, WHICH CARRIED OUT TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAEL a) Yasir Arafat b) Gamal Nasser c) Anwar Sadat d) Menachem Begin

a) Yasir Arafat

WHICH EVENT RESULTED IN ISRAEL ANNEXING THE SINAI PENINSULA, THE GOLAN HEIGHTS, JERUSALEM, AND THE WEST BANK? a) Yom Kippur War b) 1948 War c) Six-Day War d) Suez Crisis

c) Six-Day War

SIXTH PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL. HELPED NEGOTIATE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS. a) Yasir Arafat b) Anwar Sadat c) Jimmy Carter d) Menachem Begin

WHAT WAS THE WIDESPREAD CAMPAIGN OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE LAUNCHED BY PALESTINIANS IN THE 1980S? a) Intifada b) Jihad c) Hamas d) Diaspora

a) Intifada

WHAT SIGNED AGREEMENT ENDED 30 YEARS OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN EGYPT AND ISRAEL? a) Oslo Accords b) Camp David Accords c) Hamas d) Intifada

b) Camp David Accords

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT A REFORM OF ATATURK MUSTAFA KEMAL? a) Abolishing the fez b) Denying women the right to vote c) Replacing Islamic laws with a civil code d) Translating the Qur’an into Turkish

b) Denying women the right to vote

WHAT IS THE CURVED REGION IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH RICH SOIL FOR FARMING? a)Palestine b) Sumer c) Fertile Crescent d) Gaza Strip

c) Fertile Crescent

WHAT WAS THE FIRST CIVILIZATION TO SETTLE IN MESOPOTAMIA? a) Akkadian b) Babylonian c) Sumerian d) Hittites

c) Sumerian

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS NOT AN ISSUE SUMERIANS FACED? a) no natural barriers b) constant invasions by nomads c) limited natural resources d) unpredictable floods and droughts

b) constant invasions by nomads

WHAT IS SARGON OF AKKAD KNOWN FOR? a) Creating the world’s first bureaucracy b) Writing the first set of laws c) Creating the first empire d) Building a great temple

c) Creating the first empire

WHO WAS THE BABYLONIAN RULER KNOWN FOR HIS SERIES OF CODES? a) Umayyad b) Hammurabi c) Yasir Arafat d) Muhammad

b) Hammurabi

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUMERIANS? a) Ziggurat b) City-State c) Cuneiform d) Bedouins

WHAT DO WE CALL A SERIES OF RULERS FROM A SINGLE FAMILY? a) Empire b) Clan c) Dynasty d) Royal Family

c) Dynasty

THE IDEA THAT JEWS SHOULD SETTLE IN PALESTINE IS CALLED WHAT? a) Zionism b) Intifada c) Monotheism d) Jihad

a) Zionism

WHO LED THE ISRAELITES OUT OF SLAVERY? a) Abraham b) Muhammad c) Umayyad d) Moses

WHAT WAS THE DIASPORA? a) When the Arabs were kicked out of Palestine b) When Judah and Israel were divided c) It was a Jewish word for the Holocaust d) When the Romans kicked the Jews out of Palestine

WHO IS THE LAST AND GREATEST PROPHET OF ISLAM? a) Muhammad b) Abraham c) Ali d) Allah

a) Muhammad

WHAT BRINGS TOGETHER SEVERAL PEOPLES, NATIONS, OR PREVIOUSLY INDEPENDENT STATES UNDER THE CONTROL OF ONE RULER? a) Empire b) Dynasty c) Continent d) Civilization

a) Empire

THIS WORD MEANS “ONE WHO HAS SUBMITTED.” IT IS A PERSON WHO PRACTICES ISLAM. a) Muslim b) Sunni c) Shi’a d) Shari’a

a) Muslim

WHAT IS THE JEWISH HOLY BOOK? a) Torah b) Bible c) New Testament d) Old Testament

a) Torah

_____ IS A CITY AND THE LAND SURROUNDING IT. IT FUNCTIONS LIKE AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY. a) City-state b) Civilization c) Kingdom d) Dynasty

a) City-state

THIS IS A PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR MUSLIMS. a) Temple b)Mecca c) Mosque d) Hajj

c) Mosque

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A PILLAR OF ISLAM? a) Alms b) Prayer c) Service d) Faith

c) Service

WHICH GROUP OF MUSLIMS ARE MORE FUNDAMENTALIST AND BELIEVE THAT MUHAMMAD’S SON-IN-LAW SHOULD HAVE SUCCEEDED HIM? a) Shi’a b) Sunni c) Sufi d) Abbasid

a) Shi’a

WHICH SMALL GROUP OF MUSLIMS CHOOSE TO LIVE A LIFE OF POVERTY? a) Sufi b) Sunni c) Shi’a d) Caliphate

a) Sufi

WHAT IS THE JOURNEY TO MECCA THAT MUSLIMS ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE? a) Hajj b) Mosque c) Great Pilgrimage d) Alms

a) Hajj

THIS IS A MUTUAL PROMISE BETWEEN GOD AND THE FOUNDER OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE. a) Promise b) Covenant c) Convent d) Sabbath

b) Covenant

WHAT DOES “SUNNA” MEAN? a) Muhammad’s example b) Allah’s example c) Follower of Allah d) Muhammad’s law

a) Muhammad’s example

WHAT DO WE CALL A SUCCESSOR OF MUHAMMAD; LEADER OF MUSLIMS? a) Caliph b) Jihad c) King d) Imam

a) Caliph

WHICH GROUP OF MUSLIMS FOLLOW MUHAMMAD’S EXAMPLE AND ARE THE MAJORITY? a) Sunni b) Shiite c) Sufi d) Sunna

a) Sunni

WHICH TERM MEANS “SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF ALLAH” a) Muhammad b) Islam c) Judaism d) Palestinian

b) Islam

WHAT WAS THE MIGRATION FROM MECCA TO YATHRIB(MEDINA), LED BY MUHAMMAD? a) Hijrah b) Hajj c) Mecca d) The Great Migration

a) Hijrah

WHAT IS THE QU’RAN? a) Muslim holy mosque b) Muslim holy book c) Muslim set of laws d) Muslim leader

b) Muslim holy book

WHAT BODY OF LAW REGULATES FAMILY LIFE, MORAL CONDUCT, AND BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LIFE OF MUSLIMS? a) Shari’a b) Sunna c) Sunni d) Sufi

a) Shari’a

WHAT WAS THE CAPITAL OF THE UMAYYAD CALIPHATE? a) Baghdad b) Damascus c) Mecca d) Umar

b) Damascus